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This is a preliminary transcript of the Gemini V (GT-5) flight crew debriefing, prepared by NASA's Spacecraft Operations Branch, Flight Crew Support Division, and dated September 1, 1965. It records Cooper and Conrad's operational account from the debriefing held August 30 to September 1, 1965 at Cape Kennedy. Topics include countdown, window fogging, POGO vibration, fairing jettison debris, radio loss, reentry and recovery. Visual sightings are left for a later part of the debriefing.
From the source:Release of 2026-06-12 Incident: August 2 - September 2, 1965, Cape Kennedy, Florida. This document is a preliminary transcript (Part I) derived from voice recordings of the Gemini 5 flight crew technical debriefing. NASA conducted this debriefing between August 30, 1965, and September 2, 1965, at the Crew Quarters, Cape Kennedy, Florida.
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G0MF-IDFiNTl~"t 131 little things . Again, we were always man, they had stuff thrown at us as fast as you could say Jack Robinson, Cooper Let ' s see--S-B , D-13 at Laredo--do you have one of those right in that period- day 5, 13 hours - Conrad Day 5, 13 hours - no . Cooper I don ' t have it either . Conrad I have this all scratched out for some reason , Cooper D- 6 - This is where we really began to have trouble with something -- what was it we were really having trouble with? Conrad The O.AMS systems cut out. Cooper That ' s right. The O.AMS systems pooped out . Day 5, at about 11 hours when we were cranking up for this is when we found that our OAMS systems was really getting bad, and we already had discovered that we had one thruster out and a partial otrer one out but this is the time when we found out we had about 3 others that were just about out. Conrad Yeah, I have a little note here - report - ~ NFIDENilAl
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